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Short Docs Included in New East Doc Platform Call

Czech Republic 2017-09-21

PRAGUE: Documentaries in any stage of development are welcomed to the 16th East Doc Platform 2018, set to take place in Prague from 3 to 9 March 2018. For the…

PRODUCTION: Jiří Vejdělek Shoots Dad´s Volha

Czech Republic 2017-09-19

PRAGUE: Jiří Vejdělek, the director of domestic hits Women in Temptation / Ženy v pokušení and Holiday Makers / Účastnící zájezdu (both produced by Infinity Prague) is currently shooting a…

South Korean TV Series Wraps Shooting in Karlovy Vary

Czech Republic 2017-09-15

KARLOVY VARY: More than 100-member South Korean crew shot on two episodes of the TV series Are You Human Too? in Karlovy Vary. The family drama with sci-fi elements starring…

Who's Who in Mycology by Marie Dvořáková

Student Academy Award for Czech Film Who's Who in Mycology

Czech Republic 2017-09-15

LOS ANGELES: Short film Who's Who in Mycology by Czech director Marie Dvořáková has been awarded at the 2017 Student Academy Awards in the narrative film category (domestic film schools).…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Evening(s) with Czech Documentary

Czech Republic 2017-09-15

Together with the documentary VOD portal DAFilms.com, the Institute of Documentary Film is inviting you to watch a selection of Czech documentaries from 2016. On the occasion of the event…

Czech Republic Selects The Ice Mother as Oscar Candidate

Czech Republic 2017-09-14

PRAGUE: Bohdan Sláma's The Ice Mother / Bába z Ledu was selected as Czech Republic’s official entry for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best…

GRANTS: Prague Film Fund Supports Four Foreign Projects Including New Xavier Dolan Project

Czech Republic 2017-09-08

PRAGUE: The Prague Film Fund is distributing 203,000 EUR / 5.3 m CZK to four international projects coming from India, Canada, France and Germany it its first call. The fund…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Daliborek, Jágr and Tarzan Added to East Silver Caravan

Czech Republic 2017-09-08

East Silver Caravan included three new films in its selection. They are the challenging film The World According to Daliborek by Vít Klusák, student film Jágr Republic by Ondřej Šálek…

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Development of Eight Feature Films

Czech Republic 2017-09-04

PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund is supporting the development of eight projects with 248,322 EUR / 6,475,000 CZK.

PRODUCTION: Czech Director Martin Krejčí Shoots His Debut Feature in US

Czech Republic 2017-09-01

LOS ANGELES: Czech film director Martin Krejčí starts shooting his debut feature The True Adventures of Wolfboy, starring John Turturro, in the US at the beginning of September 2017.

FNE IDF DocBloc: The Bay

Czech Republic 2017-09-01

Croatian director Bruno Pavić is developing The Bay, a documentary set at the Bay of Kastela, near the city of Split, where there are dangerous industrial facilities with mercury flowing…

Amazon’s Series Carnival Row to Be Shot in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic 2017-08-31

PRAGUE: Carnival Row, an eight-episode fantasy noir series co-directed by Paul McGuigan and Guillermo del Toro, and starring Orlando Bloom, is set to begin filming in the Czech Republic in…

Common Sense by Vít Janeček and Zuzana Piussi

FNE IDF DocBloc: Three Czech Documentaries to Hit Cinemas

Czech Republic 2017-08-25

Three new Czech movies are heading for the cinemas in the months to come. They are the awaited Common Sense directed by Vít Janeček and Zuzana Piussi, Červená directed by…

Jan Svěrák‘s Barefoot in a Stubble Soars to Number One at Czech Box Office on Opening Weekend

Czech Republic 2017-08-24

PRAGUE: Jan Svěrák’s Barefoot in a Stubble / Po strništi bos is leading the weekend admissions chart in Czech Republic with 113,000 admissions.

FNE IDF DocBloc: The Labudović Files

Czech Republic 2017-08-18

Mila Turajlic is currently in production with The Labudović Files, a Serbian/Algerian/French coproduction about Stevan Labudović.

PRODUCTION: Robert Sedláček Starts Shooting on Jan Palach

Czech Republic 2017-08-17

PRAGUE: Award winning film and TV director Robert Sedláček starts shooting a feature film dedicated to Jan Palach, who committed self-immolation after the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact…

Czech National Film Archive Announce First Results on Laterna Magika Multimedia Research Project

Czech Republic 2017-08-15

PRAGUE: The National Film Archive of Czech Republic has launched the first results of the extensive research project Laterna Magika. Past and Present, Documentation, Preservation and Presentation. Launched in the…

PRODUCTION: Marek Najbrt in Production with Fairy Tale The Magic Quill

Czech Republic 2017-08-14

PRAGUE: Marek Najbrt, the author of Blanik Office, a series aired on the internet and a big succes in the Czech Republic, is currently in production with the Czech/Slovak coproduction…